Sign up for Maggie Valley Moonlight Race

The Maggie Valley Moonlight 8K Race will start at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds on U.S. 19. The race is 4.96 miles on a rectangular course that goes up the valley to Ghost Town, then 2.4 miles in the opposite direction, returning to the festival grounds.

Entry fee for the 8K is $30 through today, $35 on race day. Register at www.imathlete.com.

The Sunset Fun Run will start at 7:30 p.m. with a nearly half-mile course inside the festival grounds. Entry fee is $5 online. Packet pickup will be 4-6 p.m. Friday at the festival grounds, 3-8 p.m. Saturday. The awards ceremony will be at 10 p.m. with beer from Asheville Brewing Co. for runners ages 21 and older.

Seth Hendler-Voss was the overall winner of the 8K last year in 26:13 and the female winner was Sarah Beth Lee in 31:34.